Koulouri Thessalonikis, a traditional Greek sesame-crusted bread. Credit: GR Archive. A new study finds that Greek koulouri ...

The distinctive smell of ancient mummies is helping scientists decode the secrets of Egyptian mummification. By analyzing tiny traces of chemicals in the air around mummy samples, researchers ...

A method developed by the University of Córdoba (UCO) predicts the fatty acid, phenol, and volatile compound profile of extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) quickly, easily, and accurately by using the ...

The art of mummification has long been shrouded in mystery, but new research shows the musty smell of mummified remains helps unlock important information about the ancient practice. The study, led by ...

Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), working with Florida International University's (FIU) Global Forensic and Justice Center, have demonstrated a new method for detecting trace ...

To detect popular party drugs in human waste, researchers combined headspace solid-phase microextraction and solid-phase microextraction to detect these substances and their metabolites. South Korea ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The first-ever federal restrictions on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water were created last year. Municipalities throughout the country are working to upgrade ...

Ethylene oxide (EtO or EO for short) is a manmade chemical, which is colorless and exists as a gas at room temperature (a gas above 10 °C). It is a cyclic ether and the simplest epoxide: a ...

Studies published over the last five years have focused on fully or semi-automated approaches and their applications in extraction of both organic and inorganic pollutants, while modern robotic tools ...

Extensive efforts have been made in the last decades to simplify the holistic sample preparation process. The idea of maximizing the extraction efficiency along with ...

The workload of clinical laboratories has been steadily increasing over the last few years. High-throughput (HT) sample processing allows scientists to spend more time undertaking matters of critical ...